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 <title>Emergency! Nov. 4 rally against Cook County health care cuts </title>
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;Protest at Stroger Hospital, 4 p.m. Wednesday, November 4: Our health care system is under attack! If we don&#039;t fight back, patients will be left without health care.&lt;/p&gt;
 illinillinois.blogspot.com  
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 <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:06:19 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>Chicago Tribune Blasts National Health Care Option</title>
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;Will privately insured Chicagoans pay higher rates to create a Medicare modeled public option competitor? That&#039;s the concern editorialized by the Chicago Tribune.&lt;/p&gt;
 chicagotribune.com  
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 <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:17:57 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Wellpoint&#039;s UniCare Plans Health Care Interruptus</title>
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;Have health care lobbyists resorted to strong arming Congress with threats to discontinue services to 180 thousand Illinois residents? Or is it true that Wellpoint&#039;s UniCare can&#039;t make a buck in the Land of Lincoln?&lt;/p&gt;
 chicagotribune.com  
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 <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:34:11 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Quinn: Hike Tax or Slash Spending 37%</title>
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      &lt;p&gt;Quinn tells a civic club he needs the tax increase or a long list of services, listed in the article, will be cut.&lt;/p&gt;
 chicagobusiness.com  
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 <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:03:46 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>May 21: Free screening of &quot;Do No Harm&quot;</title>
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      &lt;p&gt;&quot;Do No Harm,&quot; a documentary about the struggle, against relentless attacks, of two reluctant whistleblowers to draw national attention to hospital corruption and the plight of the uninsured, gets its&lt;/p&gt;
 illinillinois.blogspot.com  
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/local/2009/05/17/may-21-free-screening-of-do-no-harm&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 14:27:19 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Universal health-care rally, noon, Monday, Federal Plaza</title>
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      &lt;p&gt;Supporters of single-payer health care will rally on Monday in support of universal access and in protest against so-called &quot;reform&quot; that continues to let greedy health=insurance call the shots.&lt;/p&gt;
 illinillinois.blogspot.com  
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 <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:29:47 -0500</pubDate>
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